Tag: Sustainable Solid Waste Systems

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For this week’s Awards spotlight, we’re focusing on the #Cities4ZeroWaste finalists that are transitioning our cities away from the landfil, and toward a greener way of processing (even repurposing!) urban waste.

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Today, C40 announced the 35 finalists competing in ten urban climate action categories for the fourth-annual C40 Cities Awards, sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies and BYD. The winners will be announced on December 1, 2016, at a ceremony in Mexico City, held alongside the sixth biennial C40 Mayors Summit.

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European and National Legislation aim to divert biodegradable municipal waste from landfills and require separate collection and treatment of biowaste. Despite the fact that this has been a common practice in some European countries – until recently, no Greek city had developed such a system. Biowaste separation at the source was applied for the first time in Greece in 2013, within the City of Athens.

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As cities around the world look for ways to implement the Paris Declaration and meet the ambition of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), C40 is showcasing 100 real world examples of projects and approaches that have already proved successful in our member cities.

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The C40 has been voted unanimously by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Initiative partners to act as co-chair alongside the US Department of State. C40 will replace Environment Canada, which recently concluded its tenure as co-chair and will remain actively engaged in the Initiative.